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By Stacey Baca CHICAGO (WLS) — Illinois State Police will deploy with the Chicago Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit on Thursday morning. Starting at District 11 on the West Side, a new crime-fighting effort will begin Thursday morning. Forty officers with Illinois State Police will report here to help the …

February 28, 2014 12:21 PM CHICAGO (CBS) – Police Supt. Garry McCarthy was cautious Friday in his reaction to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s assessment that the Police Department was slow to react to changes in gang structures as street gangs became more fractured and violent crime spiked. McCarthy acknowledged it took …

August 30, 2013 by Jonathan S. · 473 Comments Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy is not happy about the new concealed carry laws in Illinois. And now he is predicting that police will shoot citizens who are lawfully carrying firearms. During an interview with WVON radio McCarthy made some very …

BY FRANK MAIN Staff Reporter/fmain@suntimes.com November 13, 2012 12:54AM More than three months into a $1 million contract with the city, the anti-violence group CeaseFire has “no significant success stories,” a ranking police source said. It’s hard to evaluate CeaseFire’s mediation of gang conflicts without getting timelier reporting from the …

Published: Nov. 12, 2012 at 2:17 PM CHICAGO, Nov. 12 (UPI) — Chicago officials said they mistakenly recorded two phone conversations with reporters without their knowledge, adding that it is not a widespread practice. Recording a conversation without the consent of all parties is a felony in Illinois, the Chicago …

-CNC columnist James Warren: Emanuel’s budget report is “the equivalent of a superficially alluring velvet shiv” to the back of former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration. HIGH TIME Emanuel’s new top cop said police would continue to make arrests for marijuana possession but could issue tickets rather than jailing suspects. …

Posted 7/27/11 3:18 p.m. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, who boldly declared last month that the war on drugs has failed, said she’s talked with Chicago’s new police Supt. Garry McCarthy about halting arrests for low-level drug possession offenses. “It’s pretty well known within the criminal justice system that …

As Chicago prepares to welcome its new police superintendent, Newark Police Department Director Garry McCarthy, federal authorities have launched an investigation into the New Jersey department–months after the American Civil Liberties Union complained of rampant misconduct and lax internal oversight. U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman says the probe will look into …